poverty porn

Rick Santorum Welcomes You To Obama’s Murder Colony

Rick Santorum has taken a breather from losing the Republican presidential nomination to put out this ad, “Obamaville,” showing “a small, American town two years from now if Obama is reelected.” It shows poor people being poor and having no money, suffering from the financial maladies of the times. It’s just like how Obamaville is right now, or how Romneyville or Santorumville (gross) will be two years from now. (It is slightly better than Gingrichville, though, since it the residents haven’t nuked themselves.)

The best image is that of the fellow holding a gas pump to the temple of his head, as though to kill himself. Does he have any idea how much that would cost if he did it?

And then the living Real Americans, after having Obama take all of their money that they never had, just sit around watching Wall Streeters on their several television sets stacked atop each other. Despite the post-apocalyptic level of poverty afflicting Obamaville, it will apparently be the norm for these Americans to watch several television sets at the same time. So yeah, this rings true. Ace ad from Weird Rick!

Jim Newell is Wonkette's beloved Capitol Hill Typing Demon. He joined Wonkette.com in 2007, left for some other dumb job in 2010, and proudly returned in 2012 as our "Senior Editor at Large." He lives in Washington and also writes for things such as The Guardian, the Manchester paper of liberals.

Needs moar Justin Timberlake in an Uncle Sam costume with a boombox handing out death panel notices.

MadBrahms

I think I just had that dream. Damn, I gotta stop reading Wonkette before bedtime.

memzilla

"I gotta stop reading Wonkette before bedtime sober."

/fixed.

tcaalaw

Très Southland Tales!

Doktor StrangeZoom

I like the very subtle bit where, at the words "sworn American enemy," the TV screen flashes between images of Ahmadinejad and Obama. It's a thoughtful contribution to responsible political discourse.

freakishlywrong

I'm surprised there was no subtle shot of a birf certificate. Rick's.

Callyson

They were talking about that on NPR, and the Santorum lackey, I mean spokesperson, was seriously trying to deny that they were trying to equate Obama and Ahmadinejad. "No, we were just alluding to his failed Iran policy."
Why the reporter's response was not to ROTFL, I have no idea…

GOPCrusher

I guess I don't understand why, after the Somali pirates, Osama Bin Laden, and Muammar Quadaffi (Quadaffy, Ghadafi, etc.) they still believe that they can try to tie the President to Islam.
Do they really believe that pandering to the less than 20% of the American population that believe that shit, is really the way to win the election?
But after the Etch-A-Sketch fiasco of last week, the answer has to be, yes. Yes they do.

CthuNHu

Normal, non-sociopathic person: This evil, horrible, despicable, defamatory thing I could say about this person I don't like is glaringly false, so I won't say it.

Sociopathic person: This evil, horrible, despicable, defamatory thing I could say about this person I don't like is glaringly false, so I will say it over and over with whirling fury and conviction.

Barrelhse

I'm stacking my television sets TODAY!
WAKE UP SHEEPLE!

BaldarTFlagass

I only have flat screen TVs, which don't stack well at all. What to do?

I cannot watch it here from work. But the still shot, shown above, reminds me of "Lost Highway" promo/ imagery. So the "blinking nightmare" I'm picturing right now is one Robert Blake, in greasepaint, uttering that horrible laugh to terrorize Bill Pullman over the phone.

Doktor StrangeZoom

It's part of Obama's insane regulatory restrictions on manufacturers: All trees must now be equipped with high beams.

Oh irony. Santorum is pissed because we never listened to him and his ilk during the blowing up of the housing bubble. If we had listened to the wingnuts (ie done nothing) when the world economize nearly shit the bed in 08/09, we'd all be neck deep in economic Santorum.

SorosBot

Why is it a stupid small town, instead of an actual city where real Americans live?

MadBrahms

Anyone who takes mass transit is not a Real American.

ThundercatHo

Because then they would have to show urban youths in hoodies and saggy pants standing around on street corners eating Skittles and Rick's crack team decided it wouldn't be a good time to rile up the blahs.

At least in Obamaville the poor people will have insurance and not be turned away at the hospital admissions office as they are now. In Santorumville the rich people will be partying as they foreclose on the people shown in this video.

Chichikovovich

That place is paradise! They have full bowls of fruit on the table, they're driving new SUV's, have nice looking watches on their wrists (is the smoker giving us the eyeball at 0:52 supposed to be George Zimmerman?) and they have color TV's! These people aren't "poor"! They're wealthy beyond the imagining of people in other countries!

[And at 0:12, is that one of those $300 basketball shoes I keep reading about on right-wing sites?]

Fuck that place. I want to go some place happy. I'm moving to Niggerhead, where I understand the gaity is non stop.

not that Dewey

Need a small, post-industrial town in ruins? We got that B-roll! Need a family standing in a kitchen wondering where their next meal will come from? We got that B-roll. Need a shot of a fellow holding a gas pump to the temple of his head, as though to kill himself? NO! THAT'S TOO SPECIFIC! THAT'S NOT B-ROLL!

Toomush_Infer

I liked that shot: Gas! Gas! Into my head and out of my Ass….

kakotechnia

And no one can make a response ad for "Santorumistan" because A Handmaid's Tale already exists.

Toomush_Infer

I forget…what District is Santorum from….?….and are all his kids eligible for the Reaping?…

Callyson

"Imagine a small American town two years from now if Obama is re – elected"
Heavy red lipstick will come back in style?

elgin_pelican

This clip was the winner in the US Chamber of Commerce Sims Tournament.

owhatever

In Rickville, everything is happy and gay. Well, at least happy. Gays not allowed.

EmileZoloft

The shady guys in the smoke-filled room, right? They're writing their own notes and drinking out of those cheap styrofoam coffee cups you get at gas stations. What the hell are they supposed to symbolize? They're too poor to be Fat Cats, too cheery to be Union Thugs, and too white to be Darks (the most ethnic-looking is Horatio Sanz).

Imagine a small American town two years from now if Obama is re-elected.
Playground equipment is creaky, and childrens' shoelaces go untied.
Sexy librarians don't let you talk, while outdoors large turds roam the streets.
Families appreciate produce and Diane Arbus, and hospitals have empty beds.
Your tank holds over 37 gallons, and with gas under $2.50 a gallon people are using it to wash their hair. Whoops, better put out that candle!
Old people are still creepy — where does the time go?
Meanwhile, Max Headroom pre-enactors watch Ahmadinejad and his cloned Crimson Guard parade, symmetrical trees are evil, cheers! I'm drinking water!
Labor law is so bad, I got fired for having a plant at my desk – and I work at home!
Lewis Black is cruising around your neighborhood in a minivan, ranting about the Blair Witch Project, people who can't spell, cold sores, and people who stand too close to the camera.
Obamaville – seriously, this is parody-proof.

ttommyunger

Watched it three times, have no difficulty fapping to it.

DahBoner

Who wants to live in a town with NO PORN????!???

You would be forced to drawing pictures in the dirt with a stick and then Fapping to that!